214 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



thing depends upon his aptness, and above 

 all, on the intelligence of the rider; with 

 this latter quality, there is no obstacle that 

 is not to be surmounted. To execute this 

 performance with the desirable degree of 

 precision, the horse should remain light, and 

 preserve the same degree of action ; the 

 rider, on his part, should also avoid roughly 

 inclining the horse's fore hasnd to one side or 

 the other. 



13. Ordinary pirouettes on three legs, the 

 fore leg on the side towards which we are 

 turning remaining in the air during the whole 

 time of the movement. 



Ordinary pirouettes should be familiar to 

 a horse broken after my method, and I have 

 above shown the means to make him hold 

 up one of his fore feet. If these two move- 

 ments are well executed separately, it will 

 be easy to connect them in a single perform- 

 ance. After having disposed the horse for 



